The Blood-Stained Cost of Inaction: How Intervention in Civil Wars Affects Violence against Civilians

• In Event: Standing ePanel: Civil War

Brief Overview

Civil wars notoriously lead to the death, torture, and rape of civilians. When a belligerent has an international backer which publicly supports international norms of human rights, does that belligerent limit such violence?

Author

• Elizabeth A Whatcott, Brigham Young University